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Plastic Injection Molding Processes for Your Production

Over 20 Proven Injection Molding Technologies for More Profitability

With ENGEL’s injection molding processes, you can produce parts precisely, reworking is not necessary. No matter if you strive for a transparent or multicolored part surface, or you want to complete the part with patterns and engravings. The combination of technologies allows you to design the products with high mechanical properties and attractive surfaces at the same time. With appropriate transparency, sensors can be placed optimally protected behind cover panels. We always find the right injection molding process for you.

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Your Advantages With Our Injection Molding Processes
Complete production cell from a single source for increased part quality
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At ENGEL, you receive a production cell, that is ready to use: from the injection molding machine, the robot and the conveyor systems to peripheral equipment. Immediately after the machine and mold acceptance testing, you start production with the selected injection molding process. You can rely on the best part quality, stable injection molding processes and high productivity.

Variety of materials can be used
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With our injection molding machines, you can process thermoplastics and thermoplastic elastomers, as well as thermosets. A wide range of applications is possible. Each manufactured part has different requirements for production. Our experts determine what technology is suitable and choose one of our more than 20 proven injection molding processes. Transparent materials, for example, can be manufactured to precise optical lenses using injection compression. We make use of the full performance spectrum of materials.

Optimal settings thanks to innovative software solutions
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We use innovative software solutions to optimize the injection molding process of your part. Assistance systems ensure increased weight consistency, optimum mold temperature control and important setting values - such as clamping force - are automatically suggested by the machine controller. In more challenging injection molding processes, various data has to be monitored. Our software solutions precisely show parameters with deviations.

User support for stable production processes
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The Application Engineering team does not look at the challenges of injection molding individually, but as part of the overall process. Our experts perform trials and afterwards, take care of the ideal design of the machines for your injection molding process. We support you in manufacturing the first part and then optimize the production process. The goal: an efficient, stable and cost-effective manufacturing solution.

Discover Injection Molding Processes for Different Applications
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Surface Finishes and Part Functionalization

Injection molding process for sophisticated part designs with additional function integration

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Optical and Transparent Parts

Injection molded parts made of transparent plastics

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Weight and Warpage Reduction

Injection molding process for lightweight plastic parts to reduce weight and warpage

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Precision Injection Molding

For more geometric accuracy, better surface quality, and low part weight

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Elastomers and Thermosets

A wide range of non-thermoplastic materials such as silicone, rubber, BMC, or HTV can be processed by injection molding

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Injection molding process for recycled materials

More safety and consistently high product quality despite recycled material.

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With ENGEL, we were able to transfer our extraordinary process to series production. We have a reject rate of less than 4% for the three-component parts.

Jochen Klos, Injection Molding Manager at Faurecia
Injection Molding Process Adapted for Your Industry

No matter whether you are producing fascias for vehicle interiors, lenses for smartphone cameras or hygiene articles made of silicone. Our portfolio includes injection molding processes for your requirements. Below you will find a list of typical injection molding processes for different industries.

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Automotive & Mobility

  • Foam injection molding, foammelt

  • Film back molding, foilmelt

  • Lightweight, organomelt

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Technical Injection Molding

  • Sandwich injection molding, skinmelt

  • Film back molding, foilmelt

  • Optical lenses, optimelt

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Medical Technology

  • Liquid silicone rubber process (LSR)

  • Metal injection molding, amorphous metal molding (AMM)

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Electronics

  • Multi-component injection molding, combimelt

  • Injection compression, coinmelt

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Packaging

  • In-mold labeling, back molding of labels

  • Thin-wall injection molding

Our Injection Molding Processes at a Glance

Are you looking for a specific injection molding process? Have a look at our entire portfolio.

We will be happy to talk to you about the individual processes.

Injection molding process Short explanation of process ENGEL name for injection molding process
Multi-component injection molding Combining different types of plastics or thermosets in one part combimelt
In-mold decoration (IMD) In-mold labeling (IML) Achieving functional, tactile and decorative surfaces with films or labels by back- or overmolding films foilmelt
Process for transparent precision parts Production of transparent parts for optical applications optimelt
Production of automotive glass replacement Production of automotive glazing components to replace glass glazemelt
Foam injection molding, MuCell Produce injection molded parts with internal foam structure foammelt
Gas injection molding or technology (GIM), Internal gas pressure technology (GIT) Create hollow areas in molded parts gasmelt
Water injection technology (WIT) Forming channels in injection-molded parts with drastically reduced cycle time watermelt
PUR overflooding Producing high-quality surfaces from polyurethane clearmelt
Injection compression/coining Producing precise components with low residual stresses via injection compression/coining coinmelt
Organic sheet and UD tape processing Producing thermoplastic composite parts organomelt
Variotherm technology Enabling a high-gloss surface or superior feature replication by alternating cavity wall temperature variomelt
Sandwich injection molding Producing parts with core and skin component skinmelt, co-injection
Elastomer injection molding Producing parts from rubber materials elast
Composites production (HP-RTM) Producing thermoset composite parts HP-RTM
Liquid silicone rubber (LSR) Producing parts from liquid silicone rubber LIM
Bulk molding compound (BMC) Producing rigid and strong parts from thermoset resins duroplast
Amorphous metal injection molding Processing amorphous metal alloys by injection molding AMM
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) Processing of PVC powder or PVC pellets PVC
Powder injection molding (includes Ceramic IM /CIM and Metal powder IM / MIM) Manufacture parts from metallic or ceramic materials PIM (CIM/MIM)
Plastic recycling process Direct processing of recyclates with degassing and filtration of the melt Two-stage process

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Molding Industry Business Advisor

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